Interrupted

MissxCleric - Sanctuary

Hiya,

sometimes if I want to kill a beast, a Lynxus for example, my attack is interrupted.
Is that normal? If it is so, is it because the animal attacks?

RedsRose - Lost City

It is normal for the magic classes and can get annoying.

Simply stated, their attack on you interrupts the channeling of the skill and you have to start over....b:surrender

Seiowan - Harshlands

Physical attacks and certain skills can interrupt channeling of spells. You can't interrupt melee attacks (stuns prevent you using melee for a bit, but never mid-attack) but spell interruptions will be a constant bugbear all mages need to deal with.

Your options are twofold. Firstly you can try timing your attacks to avoid casting while the mob is attacking. Secondly you can hammer the attack/heal/buff until it fires (I usually choose this option). They're not pretty options, but you shouldn't be interrupted often enough for it to be life threatening unless you're fighting monsters far beyond your own level.

Ax - Harshlands

It isnt that noticeable later on unless you are fighting a lot of mobs at once, so dont worry.

Solartide - Sanctuary

What's even more annoying is being interrupted on a spell that doesn't require channeling >.>

Signal - Raging Tide

I have an additional question regarding interruption of spells. I noticed that I don't always get interrupted even though I got hit in the middle of channelling. When exactly does a physical attack interrupt the spell? Right when it's cast?

Vitenka - Dreamweaver

Nope - it's just random. Any time during channel or casting animation you can be interrupted - but the chance of an interrupt with a normal attack is fairly low.

If you're a caster, don't be toe-to-toe with monsters.

Born_Again_ - Sanctuary

Seiowan - Harshlands wrote: »

Secondly you can hammer the attack/heal/buff until it fires (I usually choose this option).

This will only wear out your keyboard, finger and patiente. b:laugh

It is actually more efficient and faster casting also, to just press and hold the spell button until spell fires (or until mob is dead). b:victory b:heart

MissxCleric - Sanctuary

Ok, thanks everybody. =D